Thanks Old Smokey. Very good reply. Regarding cheatin' a little, one of the simulator buttons is for turbine seizure. The 737-300 event mkaes a hell of a racket with the sim shaking and shivering until the engine grinds to a halt. Usually people just let the engine destroy itself as the whole things stops within 15 seconds or so anyway. One way to to check the pilots airmanship side is to drop the engine oil contents after lift off to zero and watch the reaction when the engine starts to vibrate and tortures itself to death over the next minute or so.
My observation is that a surprisingly large number of pilots watch the result with growing interest yet do not step in immediately and shut down the engine. Then when it is all over bar the shouting they call for recall Items Severe damage. The more astute recognise an impending problem and quickly close down the engine well before it seizes. The latter is more desirable I would suggest.
In the NG, it is my experience that the turbine seizure button event is far removed from the -300 described above and is more like a common or garden flame-out with little noise and vibration.
I wonder why the significant difference between the two types of simulator?